Intergalactic Summit

I say this as a doctor. How in the actual heck do you miss AIMEDs on a list of medical supplies?

Additionally, why would you still use ionizing radiation for medical imaging? The more I read this, the more I worry about all of you. What else do you want? A needle and thread to sew up lacerations? How about some leeches, too?

How exactly are cities classified in the Federation anyway?

As someone who designs, crafts, and implements advanced equipment, I can answer that.

Complex technology fails. Typically when you need it not to. These cities have a less capable infrastructure to maintain more sophisticated equipment as well, which isn't as much of an issue when you're on a core world. Simple, practical supplies with a low failure rate are, in this instance, a better front line. I'm sure no one would decry getting the more sophisticated items, but from a realistic standpoint, these basic amenities will be more effective when needed, simply because they will work when needed.

It's a principle I use in a lot of my designs, as well. Lower tech, but higher concept.

You speak like these places are the worst of backwater null sec or some planet in Molden Heath that's been bombarded so many times there's not running water and power. Gods. This is the Federation. Cellular regen and even something like an MRI are not beyond the capability of even Gamma cities to maintain and keep running. As for AIMEDs, do you propose to draft doctors and nurses and send them instead? Good luck.

No, what is happening is that you (maybe not you specifically, but you in the general sense) have no idea how medicine works, made your proposal with such lack of knowledge, and now double down to avoid being seen as incorrect. Normally, I don't give a flying ****. Except in medicine, when you don't know what you're doing, people die. I've had enough of the Imperial medical establishment being class A fuckups. (One Amarr doctor induced a coma in a patient for absolutely no ******* reason.) Admit you're ******* wrong and amend your ******* list and stop whining that "this is effective" or "our list includes but not limited to." Ask for cellular regens, ask for AIMEDs, ask for nanite scrubs. You specifically included NSAIDs, but don't ask for an MRI? SSRIs but not TCMCs (which are far more effective for the treatment of mental illnesses, esp in a place that doesn't have infrastructure for effective therapy).

Either you're actually trying to help people, in which case check your ******* egos, or you're trying to just virtue signal, in which case just shut up.

I plucked this from a generic dictionary page off GalNet:
"Slum areas may be out-of-date modular structures, industrial era brick housing, or even makeshift sheltering. The well-off areas may be crystalline skyscrapers, city blocks made of glass and concrete, or hyper-advanced arcologies. Whatever the case, the contrast is extreme enough to result in a strong rich/poor divide."

If you're interested, I'll also provide you with another one:
"Delta cities may be built around a single industry, or are the hubs of minor civilizations who were never uplifted or developed.

Technology may be old-fashioned, based on fossil fuels and local resources, though there may be smatterings of contemporary tech. Alternatively, the colonial cities found across the frontiers of the Federation are typically assigned delta status."




I understand your aggression on the matter and your upset at a lack of - as you feel - properly listed topics. That's why we post these things here, in public. It's not some closed door process. I'd like to call your attention to the phrase, once more, of "may or may not include," indicating the resolution's capability of adjusting properly.

Out of curiosity I ran this past the medical staff handling emergencies and Citadel Medical Facilities both and they started facepalming as soon as I showed them this thread. They said they'd use the exact list as in the OP for exactly the same reasons. It works no matter what, and that certain mental cases might want to try finding out what frontline medicine is actually about.

The Minmatar are never the leaders of medicine. You will be surprised to hear that in some places 'medicine' means 'herbal remedies' and 'burn incense and chant to nature spirits alot'.

Thankfully not as common as they used to be.

Other than that, the actual medical professionals are still all about getting down and dirty because, well, the budget isn't exactly bountiful. No cellular regens. MRIs exist side by side with X-Rays for redundancy reasons. Scalpels and anaesthetics are still commonly used. TCMCs? Suggest that to the staff and expect to be strapped to the operating table yourself. Nanomedical patches? That's a pretty recent thing and only shows up in the core worlds. Border worlds still use needles and alcohol swabs. What we do have in sufficient quantities are AIMEDs, because the factories do manufacture these in mass quantities.

..Alright, I'll finally bite.

How can I get involved with the Villore Assembly as an observer?

I was always a fan of the "Scorch the wound closed with a hot Iron and put a bandage and some vodka on it till we can clear airspace for medi-vac." Approach.

Have I mentioned I once had to amputate a squadmate's limb with an E-Tool?